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Why We Invested: Lakril Technologies

Lakril's proprietary catalyst technology enables the production of bio-based acrylic acid, a critical component in paints, coatings, adhesives, and numerous industrial applications.

May 2025 Cleantech Roundup: Transmission | Big Beautiful Bill | Geothermal

This month, we’re discussing some good news (about the latest transmission line project in the country), some bad news (related to federal policy) and some really interesting technology development news involving vaporizing rocks.

April 2025 Cleantech Roundup: Tariffs | Geothermal | DOE | Batteries | Conservative Climate Policy

This month, we’re talking about how tariffs are impacting the energy industry, new geothermal partnership approaches, DOE staff reductions, new battery tech, thoughtful climate policy, and more…

2025 Q1 Evergreen Cleantech Trends

Read an update from Investment Team member, Shashank Churukanti on CleanTech VC trends from Q1.

March 2025 Cleantech Roundup: Data Center Load Growth Panic? | Ultra Fast Charging | Indoor Ag Wilting

This month, we’re talking about how AI data center growth might or might not stress the grid, new ultra fast vehicle charging and its implications for consumer adoption, highlighting financial challenges in the indoor ag space, and more!

February 2025 Cleantech Roundup: Trade War | Evolving Generation Mix | Climate Tech Investment Data

This month, we are unfortunately again talking about federal policy uncertainty and brewing trade war activities, how the US generation mix continues to evolve, and the climate tech startup investment data Evergreen tracks.

2024 Year-End Cleantech Investment Trends

Check out the Evergreen Investment Team's assessment on CleanTech as 2024 came to a close.

January 2025 Cleantech Roundup: Federal Policy Uncertainty | 2024 Year In Review | Transmission | Backlogs

This month, we’re talking about new uncertainty in federal policy with the Trump administration taking office, a look back at trends and highlights from 2024, a new approach to encouraging new transmission, interconnection queues,and more!

2024 Predict_It Survey Results

Let’s recap the questions from January 2024 and see how our investors and experts fared!

December 2024 Cleantech Roundup: Power Hungry Data Centers | Permitting Reform? | Midwest SAF

This month, we’re talking about how the demand for power for data centers is changing the business of building them, the collapse of federal permitting reform, and new Midwestern sustainable aviation fuel developments. Plus, a few interesting bits about the electric vehicle supply chain.

November 2024 Cleantech Roundup: IRA? | Geologic Hydrogen | Critical Minerals

This month, we’re covering trade disputes in the rare earths supply chain, geologic hydrogen, and a bunch of other stuff, including an election that happened in the United States.

Two Female-Led Climate Tech Startups Win U.S. Bank Foundation Cleantech Inclusion Award

U.S. Bank Foundation and Evergreen Climate Innovations team up to award two early-stage startups, Calectra and Kit Switch, for their emerging solutions in zero-carbon industrial heating and sustainable construction.

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